Russian strike on Kyiv damages nine-story apartment building, leaves several injured

On September 11, Russian forces targeted Kyiv, damaging a nine-story apartment building in the Dniprovskyi district. The assault ignited a blaze within the structure, resulting in eight injuries, according to the Kyiv City Military Administration. The Ukrainian Air Force asserted that Russia launched 161 drones against Ukraine the previous night, successfully neutralizing 138 of them, alongside a small cruise missile called "Banderol."

Meanwhile, Russia's Defense Ministry reported that the strikes struck data centers in Kyiv and the Khmelnytskyi and Dnipropetrovsk regions, as well as port infrastructure facilities and vessels with military cargo in the Odesa region.

In early September, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a brief suspension of strikes on Kyiv, coinciding with the visit of American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to both capitals. President Volodymyr Zelensky countered by vowing that Ukraine would maintain the "normal functioning of Russian airspace" to ensure safe passage for American negotiators.

Russia's aggression resumed as early as September 8. Meduza, the news outlet behind this report, remains committed to transparency regarding its use of artificial intelligence in its newsroom. The article was authored by a human journalist and translated from Russian using an AI model adhering to Meduza’s stringent editorial guidelines.

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